257,210 people in our seven-county service area don't know where their next meal is coming from. 1 in 5 children in North Carolina is at risk of hunger.

These numbers are unacceptable.

The Food Shuttle saves 6 million pounds of healthy food from being thrown away and re-routes it to these people in need. Almost 35% of what we distribute is fresh produce. This food comes from retail food donations, the Food Shuttle Farm, volunteer food drives, and field gleaning...click here to learn more about where we get our food.

We feed people through programs such as BackPack Buddies, Mobile Markets, Grocery Bags for Seniors, School Pantries, our Mobile Tastiness Machine, and by partnering with over 80 local agencies in neighborhoods throughout our service area to reach people at their point of need.

A little-known fact about Grocery Bags for Seniors is that it is one of the longest running program at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, after our traditional food recovery and distribution. What’s made it have such longevity is that it also has some of our most loyal volunteers.

United Way hosted Day of Caring at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Child Food Hub in Durham on Thursday, November 15th. 80 volunteers from corporate groups across the Triangle packed 1200 Thanksgiving meal kits for people in need.

Band Together board and committee members joined forces with their counterparts at the Food Shuttle on November 14th to kickoff fundraising as we head towards the main Band Together concert this spring.

Food Lion managers from across Durham and their community relations team from Salisbury, NC joined forces on Tuesday, November 13th to transform Brogden Middle School’s School Pantry, which is supported by the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and PORCH-Durham.

The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle has teamed up with The Produce Box for a doorstep donation program. Produce Box customers can now leave nonperishable food items on their doorsteps to donate to the Food Shuttle.

DURHAM - Hundreds more children will have healthy food to eat with the opening of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Child Food Hub in Durham. The 7,000-square-foot warehouse on South Miami Boulevard near Research Triangle Park will serve as the hub for child-hunger programs, including BackPack Buddies and PORCH-Durham, as well as food pantries at schools in seven Triangle-area counties.